“SHAMELESS” CHICKEN

“Shameless chicken” … yes this is the title i gave to this chicken dish i created because it is shamelessly delicious! You cant get enough of it and thus you might get fat!
Jokes apart… its nice to name your creations a bit differently.. dont you think so? This is a spicy recipe so please do go slow on the spices and chillies if you wish.
I will include the taglines sent to me by my facebook followers just for a laugh …
INGREDIENTS:
500 grams boneless chicken breast cut into pieces
8 cloves of garlic, chopped
2 bay leaves
1 inch piece ginger, chopped
2 green chillies, chopped
6 cloves
4 green cardamoms
125 grams of yogurt , room temperature
1 onion chopped fine
6 tablespoons of butter or ghee or oil
salt to taste
1/2 cup of tomato paste
6 tablespoons of tomato ketchup, or less if you dont like the taste of ketchup
3/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon of garam masala
1 cup of freshly chopped coriander leaves
chilli powder to taste
1 cup of water or less for the gravy
METHOD:
In a blender put one spoon of yogurt with half the ginger garlic, bayleaves, cloves and cardamom and green chillies. Blend till all the spices are well blended and then add the rest of the yogurt and blend again. Marinate the chicken in this adding salt. Marinate for 5-6 hours or overnight.
Melt the butter in a pan and add the onions, rest of ginger garlic and sautee till the onions start changing color. Add a little water and let the onions fry to a pasty like mixture. Add the spices, the tomato paste, ketchup, salt, and coriander leaves. Fry all this well till the sauce is nice n thick and bubbly. Add the marinated chicken and cook till the chicken is just about done. Add the water according to the amount of gravy you want. Check seasoning and correct.
Garnish with chopped coriander and chopped green chillies and serve with basmati rice..
Taglines for “shameless chicken”:
This chicken is shameless because???????????……..